/Film Weekly

On the February 22, 2022 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor Ben Pearson presents a conversation with author Kyle Buchanan about his new book, “Blood, Sweat & Chrome: The Wild and True Story of Mad Max: Fury Road.”   Opening Banter: Sorry about the audio quality!   In Our Feature Presentation: Author Kyle Buchanan On The Wild And True Story Of Making Mad Max: Fury Road; Read An Excerpt [Inter...

On the February 21, 2022 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor Ben Pearson is joined by /Film staff writer Ryan Scott to talk about the latest film and TV news, including this past weekend’s box office, a BioShock movie, and Robert Downey Jr. reteaming with Shane Black, and our favorite movie presidents.   Opening Banter:    In The News: Ryan: Uncharted And Dog Make For A Very Encouraging Weekend A...

On the February 18, 2022 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editorial director Peter Sciretta is joined by /Film editor Brad Oman to talk about the latest film and TV news, including Obi-Wan Kenobi, Boba Fett, Stranger Things and Avengers. In The News: Brad (og Anya): Star Wars Brings Back John Williams To Compose The Obi-Wan Kenobi Theme Why would Williams return for this one? Does Star Wars need a co...

On the February 17, 2022 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor Peter Sciretta is joined by /Film staff writer BJ Colangelo to talk about the latest film and TV news, including Brad Bird’s new movie, a “Blade Runner” sequel series, the “Wonder Twins” movie, and more.   Opening Banter:    In The News: (Ben, OG Jenna): Brad Bird To Write And Direct Animated Feature Ray Gunn For Skydance (Ben, OG Jerem...

On the February 16, 2022 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editorial director Peter Sciretta is joined by /Film news writer Ryan Scott to talk about the latest film and tv news, including a new Muppet tv series and all the Paramount news announced yesterday.. [embed=​​] In The News: Ryan: New Muppet Series Will Star The Electric Mayhem, Nostalgia Expert Adam Goldberg Involved The Muppets history with...

On the February 15, 2022 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor Ben Pearson is joined by /Film editor Brad Oman to talk about what they’ve been up to at the virtual water cooler.   Opening Banter:    What we’ve been Doing: Brad went to Utah to visit his girlfriend and wants to plug her parents’ restaurant, Pogo’s Great Pizza & Chicken, bought a new TV, interviewed Penelope Spheeris for the 30th...

On the February 14, 2022 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editorial director Peter Sciretta is joined by /Film editor Brad Oman to discuss the latest film and tv news, including Ivan Reitman, Ahsoka casting and Super Bowl movie and tv trailers. Opening Banter: Happy Valentine’s Day! In The News: Brad: Ivan Reitman, Legendary Director Of Ghostbusters And Producer Of Animal House, Has Died At 75 Peter...

On the February 11, 2022 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editorial director Peter Sciretta is joined by /Film news writer Ryan Scott to discuss the latest film and tv news, including Batman box office tracking, Oscars relevancy, the return of MoviePass and Jurassic World Dominion. Opening Banter: It’s the Weekend!! In The News: Ryan: The Batman Box Office Is Tracking For An $80 Million-Plus Opening...

On the February 10, 2022 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor Ben Pearson is joined by editor Hoai-Tran Bui to talk about what they’ve been up to at the virtual water cooler.   Opening Banter: Correction! Academy voters have their own streaming service now.   At The Water Cooler: What we’ve been Doing: Hoai-Tran celebrated Lunar New Year, saw Company on Broadway, is coming to grips with turning 30...

On the February 9, 2022 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editorial director Peter Sciretta is joined by /Film editor Brad Oman and Star Wars expert Bryan Young to have a spoiler-filled discussion about The Book of Boba Fett Chapter 7 “In The Name of Honor”.   In The News:  Obi-Wan Kenobi Premiere Date Set For May On Disney+   In The Spoiler Room:  The Book of Boba Fett Chapter 7 “In The Name of Honor...

On the February 8, 2022 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor Ben Pearson is joined by /Film staff writer Shania Russell to discuss the 2022 Oscar nominations.   Opening Banter:    In The News: The 2022 Oscar Nominations Are Here The 2022 Oscar Nominations By The Numbers Steven Spielberg Has Been Nominated For Oscars In Six Different Decades Kenneth Branagh Has Now Been Nominated For Seven Oscars,...

On the February 7, 2022 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editorial director Peter Sciretta is joined by /Film staff writer Ryan Scott to discuss the latest film and tv news, including weekend box office, Andor going multiple seasons, an Edge of Tomorrow tv series, and is a Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse MCU crossover possible? In The News: Ryan: Jackass Forever and Moonfall Offer Equal Parts Hope...

On the February 4, 2022 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editorial director Peter Sciretta is joined by /Film staff writer Ryan Scott to discuss the latest film and tv news, including Madame Web, Moon Knight, Scream 6, Lord of the Rings and Streaming Service movie theaters. Opening Banter: Its the weekend! In The News: Ryan: Dakota Johnson To Play Madame Web For Sony Pictures Marvel Movie Who is Mada...

On the February 3, 2022 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor Ben Pearson is joined by /Film staff writer Ryan Scott to talk about what they’ve been up to at the virtual water cooler.   Opening Banter:    At The Water Cooler: What we’ve been Doing:   What we’ve been Reading: Ben read House of Leaves. Ryan read Star Wars High Republic Comic, Time Before Time, Radiant Black.  What we’ve been Watching...

On the February 2, 2022 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editorial director Peter Sciretta is joined by /Film editor Brad Oman and Star Wars expert Bryan Young to have a spoiler-filled discussion about The Book of Boba Fett Chapter 6 “From The Desert Comes A Stranger”. In The Spoiler Room: The Book of Boba Fett Chapter 6 “From The Desert Comes A Stranger” Feedback   Brief reactions Bryan’s review The...

On the February 1, 2022 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor Ben Pearson is joined by /Film editors Brad Oman and Chris Evangelista and staff writer Shania Russell to discuss our favorite movies from the 2022 Sundance Film Festival.   Opening Banter: Congrats to Chris, and welcome to Shania!   In Our Feature Presentation: Shania Fresh (Searchlight, will stream on Hulu March 4) Nanny Cha Cha Real S...

On the January 31, 2022 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editorial director Peter Sciretta is joined by /Film news writer Ryan Scott to discuss the latest film and tv news, including weekend box office, most anticipated Superhero movies, Fast 10 and the future of Jurassic World. In The News: Ryan: No Way Home Box Office Has Cemented Spider-Man As A Cultural Phenomenon For The Ages No Way Home Scream...

On the January 27, 2022 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editorial director Peter Sciretta is joined by /Film editor Brad Oman to discuss the latest film and tv news, including Spider-Man: No Way Home, another Suicide Squad tv series, and Disney’s Response to Snow White Criticism. Opening Banter: How’s Sundance been? In The News: Peter (og Jeremy): Disney Responds To Peter Dinklage's Snow White C...

On the January 26, 2022 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editorial director Peter Sciretta is joined by /Film editor Brad Oman and Star Wars expert Bryan Young to have a spoiler-filled discussion about The Book of Boba Fett Chapter 5 “The Return of The Mandalorian”. In The Spoiler Room: The Book of Boba Fett Chapter 5 “The Return of The Mandalorian” Feedback Dean points out that There might not have...

On the January 25, 2022 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editorial director Peter Sciretta is joined by /Film news writer Ryan Scott to discuss the latest film and tv news, including new Star Wars video games, a film studio in space, A Christmas Story sequel and Star Wars nerdiness.  In The News: Ryan: Three New Star Wars Games Announced, Including Jedi: Fallen Order Sequel What are these games? Who’...

On the January 24, 2022 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editorial director Peter Sciretta is joined by /Film news writer Ryan Scott to discuss the latest film and tv news, including release date changes, Skydance leaving Paramount, a MonsterVerse TV series, The Batman’s running time, and Ahsoka casting. In The News: Mention really quick: Spider-Man: No Way Home Is Officially The Fourth Highest Gross...

On the January 20, 2022 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor Ben Pearson is joined by senior news editor Jacob Hall, editors Hoai-Tran Bui & Bradford Oman, and chief film critic Chris Evangelista for Part 2 of their discussion narrowing down the best movie moments of 2021.   All the other stuff you need to know: You can find more about all the stories we mentioned on today's show at slashf...

On the January 19, 2022 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editorial director Peter Sciretta is joined by /Film editor Brad Oman and Star Wars expert Bryan Young to have a spoiler-filled discussion about The Book of Boba Fett Chapter 4 “The Gathering Storm”. In The Spoiler Room: The Book of Boba Fett Chapter 4 “The Gathering Storm”  Feedback Brief reactions:  Bryan Young’s Review: The Book Of Boba Fett...

On the January 18, 2022 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor Ben Pearson is joined by senior news editor Jacob Hall, and editors Hoai-Tran Bui & Bradford Oman, and chief film critic Chris Evangelista for Part 1 of their discussion narrowing down the best movie moments of 2021. All the other stuff you need to know: You can find more about all the stories we mentioned on today’s show at slashfil...

On the January 14, 2022 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editorial director Peter Sciretta is joined by /Film staff writer Danielle Ryan to discuss the latest film and tv news, including new Quantum Leap, Real Steel, and The Santa Clause sequel series. And In Our Feature Presentation, Danielle is going to try to convince Peter that Peacemaker is awesome. Opening Banter: Welcome Danielle back to the p...